Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-10-09
From Wednesdays Daily.I
HALMAGUNDT.

Local news is rather scarce to-day.
J. ID. Bradley left this morning fol
Pine Valley.
Quite a lumber Of our citizens went
up 70 Wells this afternoon.
W. T. Smith received Ii car load OF
barted wire yesterday.
Regular meeting Elko Encampmeut
No. .. 1. o. o. L. at their Hail tonight.
With the issue Of October LIST. Wm.
Y. Lowell ~retires from the editorial
chair of the daily Inter-Iduho.
Times Review All underground
work ut the Commonwealth excepting the
main gangway, has been suspended for
several days, and the force employed in
grading for the Loisting works, the ma
terial for which is arriving daily.
A Springfield dispatch of the 2nl inst.
says: The miners III Springfield and
Petersburg districts are out on a strike
for Gu advance Of wages to G7E cents
per ton. They have been getting about
80 cents. Over Zoo men are lille.
The sentence of death passed upon
Charles Leaman, at Genon, by Judge
Rising last Friday, Is the first Judge
nent Of the kind rendered in our State
for soae time. The day fixed for the
execution is Friday. November 25th.
A peculiarly fatal disease hns appeared
among cattle at ~lIopland. Msndocino
county, Cal. The disease is Of the
skin, and cattle affected race about the
fields like mad, rHIbiuR the affected
part on any object which comes in their
way.
Following were the ~quo.utions Of
Eastern Nevada mines OH the London
market, Sept. II: llichmond Con.
S23 80 to s2i 80 per share. E~berhurdt,
(Nev.) 81 81 to 81 So per share, Ruby
and Dunderberg, 81 % to 81 80 pei
share.
The Southern Pacific railroad has is
sued n new rate sheet. to take effect to-
day. II shows 4 gsnHal reduction Of
81 or 81 for iGst. class limited tickets to
points on direct routes beyond the
Missouri river. Rates to Chicago and
st. Louis remain the same.
The number Of State elections taking
place in November this year is un.
usually small. In nix only Of the
thirty-eight Commemorative will State
be chosen in the month this
year. These are Io~a, Maryland. Mas
sachuseits, New York. Ohio and Penn
sylvania.
An order Of Court has been made in
San Francisco for IA, distribution OF
the estntc Of the late d n Murphy. the
cattle king of Eastern Nevada. Under
the decree -, 400. 900 will br divided n.
mong the heirs. Lady Wolsly, the ell
d"st daughter, gets nothing, for the res-
son that her father settled $3.50, 900
upon her at the time Of her marriage.
An ngcnt OF the Rocky Mountain Coal
Company has been along the line of the
Contra Pacific and notified dealers
that m advance Of 81 per ton of 1000
pounds III coal has been made ut the
mines. This is 10 make up the differ
enc in the recent freight tariff reduc-
ton. The coal mines are Owned by the
C. +. Il. Il.
In the list Of bills allowed by the
Commissioners on Monday, published
yesterday. the following were inadvert-
emily omitted:
T. L. Atwell. Contingent Fund. Board
Of prisoners. SD 81; T. E. AtwelI.
General Fund, Washing etc, So 90; T.
Z. AtwcIl, Salary Fund, salary, $3.50. 80,
in. Taber, Salary Deptuty Sheriff,
$3.50 90.
Rno JournaI:-E. W. Powell, man
ager Of the Russell & Bradley ranch on
the English Nil property. brought in a
spec. men of pats and alfalfa that was
planted in July. The growth is vigor-
Gus. the oats being nbou. four feet
high. 1t shows conclusivcly whit soil
here will do when water is used freely
on It. Next season they will raise a
heavy crop.
The Virginia Chronicle says: Captain
=. j. Dunno saturday banded Mrs.
James Byrnc Of Gold Hill. n check for
$1,000, being the sum due her by thea
o. L. W, ON The death Of her lnte hus-
band, who was buried only a week ngo.
The promptness wIh which tho Order
pays up life insurance on the death OF n
member is the best evidence that IL is
one of the most reliable benevolent
organizations Of Abe present day.
Trustees Meeting.
W. ,,rc ,Icoan A., moi, That tln cboryn.